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Outbreak of mumps in Utrecht student houses
12 April 2019 , by Mina Solanki
According to the Municipal Health Service (GGD) in Utrecht, there has been an outbreak of the infectious illness mumps at three student houses. The infection has been confirmed in the case of five students. Another three are very likely to have contracted mumps too.
Measles in The Hague and now mumps in Utrecht
Recently, there was a case of measles spreading at a day care facility in The Hague, however, unlike this instance, the GGD has found no direct link between the first patients from the various houses. Additionally, there is no clear link in terms of the programmes the infected people study, their student associations or activities as of recent. The virus has, nonetheless, been passed on to housemates.
Outbreak of mumps in Utrecht student houses
12 April 2019 , by Mina Solanki
According to the Municipal Health Service (GGD) in Utrecht, there has been an outbreak of the infectious illness mumps at three student houses. The infection has been confirmed in the case of five students. Another three are very likely to have contracted mumps too.
Measles in The Hague and now mumps in Utrecht
Recently, there was a case of measles spreading at a day care facility in The Hague, however, unlike this instance, the GGD has found no direct link between the first patients from the various houses. Additionally, there is no clear link in terms of the programmes the infected people study, their student associations or activities as of recent. The virus has, nonetheless, been passed on to housemates.